April 8 COT Report Data: Traders Prepare For Big Week Ahead
The following is a recap of the April 8 COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at...
Stock Market Futures Lower As Rally Fades
Stock market futures are feeling some additional pressure this morning. And the outlook for April 7, and perhaps beyond, may hinge on how prices...
Single Word Scores, Winging It, And Stock Market Sharks
In Sleepwalking Toward a Precipice (2012), I wrote the following:
“With the failure of political leadership, “central planning” has been ceded to central banks to...
Return Of The King: The Case For The US Dollar
Falling oil prices, China growth fears, submerging markets, Brexit and Italian banks. All of those risks have one thing in common: They have not...
Investing In 2016: The Market’s Wild Ride Heads Into Q2
The first three months of 2016 are in the books and about the only thing everyone can agree on is that, for financial markets everywhere,...
COT Report Data: How Futures Traders Are Positioned
The following is a recap of The COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at COT report data...
Crude Oil Update: Why Fibonacci Price Targets Matter
In January of 2016, I wrote an article on Crude Oil Futures where I identified a resistance zone of 37.28 to 41.47 using my Fibonacci...
Top Trading Links: Bulls Snort, Bears Go Short
The broader stock market indices closed the week at yearly highs as traders continued to bid equity higher. The reversal has been much stronger than...
US Corn Weekly Report: Prospective Plantings Report Rocks Market
The USDA did not disappoint for those traders hoping for the unexpected and a market shock via the March 31st Prospective Plantings report. 2016 U.S....
Is The Federal Reserve Targeting A Weaker Dollar?
“Manufacturing and net exports have continued to be hard hit by slow global growth and the significant appreciation of the dollar since 2014… Low...
